My son seems* to have it, too. Congestion! weird stabbing head pain! Since it's the USA, there's nowhere open *to test, no tests available at...
S Could be she dropped out of medicine to take on this junk writing gig. So superficial and false.
Yeah, whenever anyone is complaining *too much about their pain, they are catastrophizing. Also, when it interferes with life, it is deemed...
I am going to deem the term "pain catastrophizing" in reports, from now on, as "increased pain level." Therefore, it does makes sense that...
They want to dismantle the personality and experiences and memory of each unique individual and then reassemble said humans into how and what they...
I would hypothesize that people with FM strive to be as physically active as they can tolerate and that activity level for which they strive is...
Another gene polymorphisms of COMT study, same ideas https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21130573/
My rheumatologist back in 1996 told me "use heat, heat, heat" for my newly diagnosed FM. True today. Lie or sit back on heating pad to upper body...
The comparison between domestic violence people and those who did not suffer that are only AGE-matched, not socio-economic/health/education...
After a cursory reading of this study of rTMS safety issues, I would not be a guinea pig....
Bah, it's a preprint. Not peer-reviewed. So, hogwash?!
Anything written by Frederick Wolfe is suspect, in my opinion. He has a long history of being against diagnosis of FM. His tone is quite anti-patient.
Aren't they missing all the confounding variables by comparing only one item: domestic violence. What about repetitive muscle use in a job,...
Anti-depressants (milnacipran--FDA approved for FM, and amyltriptylline) are used to treat FM pain, a first-line treatment, not because FM...
I felt safe until last week when my sister insisted on hugging everyone (she must derive some cortisol lowering benefit). We were masked (N95s...
Could it be, just a possibility, that people with FM who have more severe pain have a less positive outlook maybe? That would be logical to...
There is quite a bit of US federal funding of opioid reduction programs (aka pain rehab) since the Sackler debacle was attributed more toward pain...
Interesting in-depth article. The physician owner of Epicgenetics was not much of a scientist--his "test" was a cytokine signature for FM that has...
The NYTimes Pain Report, a well mind category (is that a sloshy wellness category they have in which they tell you how to wipe the GOOP off your...
Tender points as diagnostic aids are not present in the most current (2016) guide to diagnosing fibromyalgia, rather the number of areas of pain...
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